D.J. Caruso Tweets That He’s Directing ‘Preacher’
Despite the poor box office and critic reception on his latest film,I Am Number Four, director D.J. Caruso (Disturbia, Eagle Eye)recently tweetedthe following:
My deal just closed on Preacher. Going back to the dark side and pretty f***ing pumped!
Whoa! Someone is actually going to make a film version ofPreacher. This fits in withthe rumor Peter ranlast week, saying that Caruso was in talks to direct the big screen adaptation of the famous, dark,Garth Ennis-written,Steve Dillon-drawn Vertigo comic book series. It appears he’s now locked the role down. Read more after the jump.
The Film Stage first alertedus to Caruso’s tweet, though it ran late last night. But with only 50 followers as of press time, it makes sense. Who knew D.J. Caruso was on Twitter?@deejaycar.
Caruso actuallycommented on the film last weekbut didn’t give any idea that he was so close to actually directing it. In an interview withspinoffonline, he said the following:
I love the Wild West, man. I really love Preacher. It’s fantastic. I think that’s what would sell me [on taking on a comic book project again]. I don’t know if this is still what’s going on with it, but Sam was going to direct it, Sam Mendes, and John August was writing the screenplay.
As previously reported,Preacherwas set up at Columbia several years ago with Oscar-winner Sam Mendes set to direct from a script byJohn AugustwithNeil Moritzproducing. Other directors such as Joe Carnahan and Darren Aronofsky were also discussing the film.Preacherran for 75 issues from 1995 to 2000 and told the awesome, bad ass story of an ex-preacher named Jesse who is fed up with Faith and goes on a quest to find God and give him a piece of his mind. Here’s the official plot description from the comic book:
We’ll seek out more confirmation on this as the day continues but, as of now, what do you think? Personally, I’m kind of psyched/worried that an adaptation of such an amazing series might actually see the light of day.
